Post Secondary Education: There are no real age categories for post secondary education. Generally, American students start college right after completing high school (about 60% of all students who graduate from high school enter college at some point in their life). Junior and Technical colleges are designed to be two-year programs, while universities and colleges are designed to be 4-year programs at the undergraduate level. In reality, the average American takes over 6 years to finish a 4 year degree The reason is that more than 50% of college freshman(first year students)do not know what major or specialization they wish to study. Also, many students work to pay for their college expenses. Thus they may take fewer classes in order to work College Versus University: A college usually just has a Bachelor's(4 year) program. a university may be composed of several colleges(for example, the college of medicine and the college of engineering). Universities often have graduate programs s well. For most purposes, a Bachelor's degree from a college is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from a university, so that the words"college"and"university" me the same thing to most Americans. Generally, the value of a degree is a reflection of how society views the particular college or university Vocational/ Technical School: Vocational and technical schools operate at either the high school or junior college level. They teach skills such as secretarial, auto mechanics, photography, nursing, etc. It is often difficult for non-U S residents to find information on U.S. technical and vocational schools since these schools usually do not promote their programs outside the area where they operate The Post Secondary Education category could be listed as follows Junior-Technical College associates Undergraduate College-University Bachelor of Science(BS) Graduate School Masters of Science(MS) Masters of Arts(M. A) Masters of Business administration (MBA) Doctorate(Ph. D) Post graduate after ph d no-degree There are public and private colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The public schools are in part, by a city, and/or state, and/or federal government Students living in the city or state pay less tuition because some tax money is used to subsidize the tuition. Non-US residents would pay more, since they would not be residents of the city or state where the college or university is located Private colleges and universities are supported primarily by tuition and private contributions. All students must pay the same tuition no matter where they are from (unless they get a grant or scholarship). Many private schools are affiliated with a religion. Examples are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Islamic and Jewish religions Students at these schools do not have to be of that particular religion to attend, but they may be required to take certain religious or theological courses pertaining to that religion. Consult each college s catalogue English Language Schools and Centers: These schools are typically privately owned, although some operate on a college or university campus. They offer botl private, one-on-one, and group instruction in English, TOEFL preparation, and other programs2 Post Secondary Education: There are no real age categories for post secondary education. Generally, American students start college right after completing high school (about 60% of all students who graduate from high school enter college at some point in their life). Junior and Technical colleges are designed to be two-year programs, while universities and colleges are designed to be 4-year programs at the undergraduate level. In reality, the average American takes over 6 years to finish a "4 year degree". The reason is that more than 50% of college freshman (first year students) do not know what major or specialization they wish to study. Also, many students work to pay for their college expenses. Thus they may take fewer classes in order to work. College Versus University: A college usually just has a Bachelor's (4 year) program. A university may be composed of several colleges (for example, the college of medicine and the college of engineering). Universities often have graduate programs as well. For most purposes, a Bachelor's degree from a college is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from a university, so that the words "college" and "university" mean the same thing to most Americans. Generally, the value of a degree is a reflection of how society views the particular college or university. Vocational/Technical School: Vocational and technical schools operate at either the high school or junior college level. They teach skills such as secretarial, auto mechanics, photography, nursing, etc. It is often difficult for non-U.S. residents to find information on U.S. technical and vocational schools since these schools usually do not promote their programs outside the area where they operate. The Post Secondary Education category could be listed as follows: Program Degree ______________________________________________________________________ Junior - Technical College Associates Undergraduate College - University Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Graduate School Masters of Science (M.S.) Masters of Arts (M.A.) Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Doctorate (Ph.D.) Post Graduate after Ph.D. no-degree There are public and private colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The public schools are funded, in part, by a city, and/or state, and/or federal government. Students living in the city or state pay less tuition because some tax money is used to subsidize the tuition. Non-U.S. residents would pay more, since they would not be residents of the city or state where the college or university is located. Private colleges and universities are supported primarily by tuition and private contributions. All students must pay the same tuition no matter where they are from (unless they get a grant or scholarship). Many private schools are affiliated with a religion. Examples are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Islamic and Jewish religions. Students at these schools do not have to be of that particular religion to attend, but they may be required to take certain religious or theological courses pertaining to that religion. Consult each college's catalogue. English Language Schools and Centers: These schools are typically privately owned, although some operate on a college or university campus. They offer both private, one-on-one, and group instruction in English, TOEFL preparation, and other programs